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[ what do you even call a reverse ftb, a fade-back-in?

but regardless. shiraishi goes from asleep to awake pretty quickly, like there's no real fade in between the two. he stretches out his arms, reaching up with the stretch until he can feel where the headboard ends, before dropping them down to cover his eyes.

hello. ]

[higekiri's at least the type to stir rather quickly - almost as if it's unsure whether he fell asleep at all. when shiraishi stretches, he laughs a little bit to himself before shifting, sitting up just enough so that he can lean over shiraishi to peer at his face, the covers pooling at his lap]

Still tired?

[ hello there. ]

Mm. No, not tired.

[ he lifts one of his arms just enough to peer out from underneath it up at higekiri, thoughtful and surprisingly sharp for someone who just woke up. ]</small. Did you just wake up?

It was a nice nap.

[but he tends to sleep pretty lightly]

I'm glad you're safe from the demons this week - at least in one way.

[ hmm. well, there was no chance of them sleeping for very long then, between the two of them. ]

In one way. It'd be very presumptuous to say in general.

[ he tilts his head a little on the pillow, shifting his vision. ]

Ah, were you making sure I didn't go unravished this week for the sake of avoiding death by abstenance?

We're friends, you know?

[he says this rather plainly, looking amused at the question]

I would be rather unhappy if any unfortunately befell you - so I thought I should at the very least help where I could.

You still have a very loose definition of friendship.

[ he looks amused by the answer. ]

It's more beneficial to just do as they've asked for the sake of not dying out of stubborn stupidity, don't you think?

Haha, I don't mind. You don't strike me as a bad person, so there's nothing wrong with us being friends.

[so easily,,]

Mm, I do. It's a shame... but we have to be alive in order to find answers on how to break the system.

We can't do anything if we're dead. It'd be a shame to die because of the one thing we can actually prevent.

[ even with. y'know. stdemons. ]

I wonder -- are you just the trusting sort, or the sort that's so drawn to people you accept friendship after basic pleasant interaction?

[higekiri just hums thoughtfully at that, like he's trying to make sure he gives it a proper answer]

.... mm, I've seen humanity exist for a long time, I suppose. I wouldn't say that I'm trusting...

But simply that I've seen the sadness that can come from being distrusting to people who do not deserve it.